Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32
मन्दरगिरिवर्णनम् — Description of Mount Mandara as Śiva’s Residence
Tapas-abode
ततः क्रुद्धा तदा देवी सुवर्णा वर्णकारणात् । स्मयन्ती चाह भर्तारमसमाधेयया गिरा
tataḥ kruddhā tadā devī suvarṇā varṇakāraṇāt | smayantī cāha bhartāramasamādheyayā girā
അപ്പോൾ വർണ്ണകാര്യത്തെച്ചൊല്ലി ക്രുദ്ധയായ ദേവി സുവർണ്ണാ പുഞ്ചിരിയോടെ, ഭർത്താവിനെ ശമിപ്പിക്കാത്ത വാക്കുകളാൽ അഭിസംബോധന ചെയ്തു।
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā account to the sages)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Gaurī
Role: teaching
FAQs
It highlights how fixation on external attributes (like complexion) can trigger anger and sharp speech, which in Shaiva ethics becomes an obstacle to inner purity, devotion, and steadiness of mind needed for Shiva-oriented liberation.
Linga-worship trains the devotee to look beyond outward appearance and egoic comparison, turning attention to Shiva as the inner Reality; this verse contrasts that ideal by showing how worldly identification provokes conflict.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to cool anger and purify speech, paired with mindful restraint (vāg-yama) before speaking.